Medical Terminology Chapter 11 Quiz

What is the combining form for renal pelvis?

What does the prefix dia- mean?

Which of the following is not a function of nephrons?

Which of the following is not an excretory route for body wastes?

What does pyelolith mean?

Which of the following is not true of the kidney?

Which part of the nephron is responsible for filtration of the blood?

What is the temporary reservoir for urine?

What does urethropexy mean?

What is the suffix meaning herniation or hernia?

What is the suffix meaning presence of stones?

Micturition involves voiding urine through which organ or tube?

What is the last stage of chronic renal failure called?

What is the term for excision of the kidney?

What is the suffix meaning a prolapse, sagging, drooping, or falling down?

What is the combining form meaning kidney which is often used to indicate surgeries and diseases?

Which term means painful or difficult urination?

The renal pelvis narrows into which organ or tubule?

What is an abnormal condition of fluid in the kidney?

What is a buildup of toxic urine wastes in the bloodstream called?

Which of the following is not true of a cystourethrogram?

What term means the presence of kidney stones?

What is the meaning of dysuria?

What is a combining form for nitrogen?

Which of the following is not true of Bowman's capsule and the tubules it feeds?

Ren/o indicates kidney surgeries and diseases; nephr/o is the more commonly used combining form.
Pyel/o refers to the renal pelvis; py/o does not mean renal pelvis.
Urethra's combining form is urethr/o, while ureter/o is incorrect for urethra.

Each kidney weighs approximately half a pound; both are located on each side of the spinal column.
Kidneys serve as the primary organs for excreting toxic waste.
Each kidney is composed of over a million nephrons responsible for filtration.
The outer region of the kidney is the cortex, whereas the medulla refers to the inner region.

Ureters, not urethras, transport urine from the kidneys to the bladder.
The glomerulus in each nephron is essential for blood filtration.
Urinary bladder acts as a temporary reservoir for urine before expulsion through the urethra.

Cystitis is the inflammation of the urinary bladder.
The presence of blood and proteins in a urinalysis indicates possible glomerular disease.
Hydronephrosis represents an abnormal condition characterized by fluid accumulation in the kidneys.
Uremia describes the buildup of toxic waste substances in the bloodstream.

Micturition is the process of voiding urine via the urethra.
Dysuria denotes painful or difficult urination.
Cystourethrogram is not a sound wave imaging procedure; it involves contrasting imaging techniques.
Nephrolithiasis is the term for the presence of kidney stones.
Azot/o is the combining form for nitrogen, crucial for understanding conditions related to nitrogenous wastes.